Поступила в редакцию: 06.11.2016 В работе впервые суммируются результаты изучения батрахо-и герпетофауны Республики Южная Осе-тия. В результате изучения литературных источников, полевых дневников, музейных собраний, соб-ственных экспедиций в Южную Осетию был составлен аннотированный перечень видов, как достоверно обитающих в регионе, так и когда-либо упоминавшихся для него. В настоящее время, в составе батра-хофауны Республики Южная Осетия достоверно установлено наличие 9 видов, в составе герпетофауны -19 видов. Приводится полный кадастр всех находок (65 локалитетов). Ряд видов впервые подтвержден-но указывается в научной литературе для исследованной территории: Emys orbicularis, Darevskia mixta, Natrix megalocephala, Hierophis schmidti, Pelias dinniki, P. kaznakovi. Обнаружена морфологическая спец-ифичность югоосетинских популяций Darevskia praticola, D. brauneri и D. caucasica. Проведена оценка созологического статуса всех форм амфибий и рептилий в регионе. По ее результатам 5 видов амфибий и 10 видов рептилий рекомендованы к внесению в Красную книгу Республики Южная Осетия. Централь-ной проблемой природоохранной деятельности в регионе является отсутствие сети особо охраняемых природных территорий разного ранга, охватывающих все природные зоны и высотные пояса. В един-ственной особо охраняемой природной территории, Юго-Осетинском государственном заповеднике, ча-стично обеспечены охраной лишь по 3 угрожаемых вида земноводных и пресмыкающихся.Ключевые слова: амфибии, охрана редких видов, рептилии, Республика Южная Осетия, фауна Nature Conservation Research. Заповедная наука 2017. 2(2): 1-23

The range of superspecific complex of rock lizards Darevskia (caucasica) (D. alpina, D. c. caucasica, D. c. vedenica, D. daghestanica) includes the Main Caucasian ridge and its spurs on the southern and northern macroslopes within heights from 500 m to 3200 m above sea level. A fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (1096 bp) was analyzed in 48 specimens of these lizards. Specimens were collected in 23 localities. We have found 39 unique haplotypes. The minimum genetic diversity was found in D. c. vedenica, maximum in D. c. caucasica. All taxa of the complex, except for D. c. vedenica, demonstrate genetic heterogeneity. Four clades can be distinguished on the dendrogram of phylogenetic relationships. They correspond to D. alpina, D. c. caucasica, D. c. vedenica, D. daghestanica. D. c. caucasica forms two distinct haplogroups. On the phylogenetic tree, the sample of D. c. vedenica formed an independent clade close to D. c. caucasica. The Darevskia (caucasica) complex is polyphyletic according to the analysis of the mitochondrial marker. Nucleotide sequences of D. alpina formed a single clade with Darevskia (saxicola) complex representatives and combined with the sequences of D. brauneri into subclade. On the example of the population of D. daghestanica, found in a forest biotope without rocky outcrops and genetically not differing from individuals from the adjacent territory, the ability of rocky lizards to master biotopes unusual for them in a short period of time was demonstrated. This example demonstrates the ability of rock lizards to adapt to unusual biotopes in a short period of time. Genetic distance between D. c. vedenica and D. c. caucasica is comparable to the distance between D. c. caucasica and D. daghestanica. We assume the existence of an independent form of D. caucasica ssp. inhabiting South Ossetia and adjacent territories.

Five new regional records of the rock lizards in Caucasus are described. The distribution of Darevskia alpina (Darevsky, 1967) on the northern slope of Mount Elbrus has been detailed: the species was found in the Emmanuel glade and in the gorge of the Kyzylkol River. The easternmost record of D. alpina is located in the upper stream of the Cherek Bezengi River in Kabardino-Balkaria. Darevskia caucasica vedenica (Darevsky et Roitberg, 1999) was first found on the territory of Dagestan in the area of the lake Kezenoyam and on the watershed of the Okholitlau and Khulhulau rivers. The existence of an isolated population of D. daghestanica (Darevsky, 1967) in the gorge of the Bolshaya Liakhvi River was confirmed, which is located in South Ossetia, on the southwestern border of the species range. When studying the collections of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, three specimens of D. dahli (Darevsky, 1957) were found from the village Alapars of the Kotayk region of Armenia collected in 1880. This locality is the southernmost and, moreover, the only record of the species in the Armenian volcanic highlands.

Structure of the Institute Scientific activity History of the Institute New cryptogamic records. 11 Index page Scientific activity Periodic publications Novitates Systematicae Plantarum non Vascularium Volume 57, Part 1, 2023 New cryptogamic records. 11 V. M. Kotkova, I. V. Czernyadjeva, E. A. Davydov, G. Ya. Doroshina, D. Yu. Efimov, L. A. Efimova, I. V. Frolov, Ya. I. Gabiger, M. Yu. Glushсhenko, I. A. Gorbunova, D. E. Himelbrant, M. E. Ignatenko, L. B. Kalinina, L. E. Kurbatova, H. V. Kushnevskaya, N. N. Lashchinsky, K. Yu. Lotiev, E. L. Moroz, A. A. Notov, Yu. K. Novozhilov, Yu. S. Otmakhov, N. V. Plikina, N. N. Popova, A. D. Potemkin, V. A. Putilina, P. Yu. Ryzhkova, Ch. N. Sambyla, E. V. Smirnova, I. S. Stepanchikova, Yu. V. Storozhenko, E. I. Troeva, A. G. Tsurykau, V. S. Vishnyakov, A. V. Vlasenko, V. A. Vlasenko, E. A. Volkova, L. F. Volosnova, L. S. Yakovchenko, T. N. Yatsenko-Stepanova, K. A. Zhuykov, A. S. Zueva DOI: https://doi.org/10.31111/nsnr/2023.57.1.155 Full article Abstract First records of algae for the Orenburg Region and Urals of Russia, for the Republic of Belarus and Georgia, fungi for St. Petersburg, Kemerovo and Novosibirsk regions, republics of Altai and Tuva, Altai, Krasnoyarsk and Trans-Baikal territories, myxomycetes for the Omsk and Tomsk regions, republics of Tuva and Sakha (Yakutia) of Russia and Republic of Belarus, lichens, lichenicolous and allied fungi for the Omsk, Ryazan, Sakhalin and Tver regions, Altai, Khabarovsk and Primorye territories, mosses for St. Petersburg, the Leningrad, Saratov and Tula regions, Stavropol Territory, and New Siberian Islands Archipelago, liverwort for St. Petersburg and Krasnoyarsk Territory are presented. The data on their localities, habitats, distribution are provided. The specimens are kept in the herbaria of the Altai State University (ALTB), the Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBIW), the Komarov Botanical Institute RAS (LE), the Mire Research Group of the Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters of the Russian Academy of Sciences (MIRE), the V. F. Kuprevich Institute of Experimental Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (MSK), the Central Siberian botanical garden SB RAS (NSK), the «Galichya Gora» Nature Reserve (VU), the Georgian National Herbarium at the Institute of Botany of the Ilia State University (TBI), and algological collection in the laboratory of the Algology Group of the Institute for Cellular and Intracellular Symbiosis of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Barcodes ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 fungal nrDNA region of some specimens have been deposited in the GenBank NCBI

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